Sun, 16/03/2008 - 00:28 - permalink
Today I went to a three-in-one protest calling for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq & Afghanistan, an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people, and a pre-emptive call not to invade Iran.
The remarkable thing about the protest was that well in advance, over 2,000 people had said they would attend on Facebook's events app. A further 2,500 had said that they 'might' attend.
Fri, 14/03/2008 - 22:32 - permalink
Like many countries, Bahrain has a marked inequality of land ownership between the rich and poor. Bahraini activists took this image from Google Maps and annotated it to highlight the disparity. Before long it had spread like wildfire by email.
This is just scratching the surface of how Google Maps and Google Earth can be used by activists. I'll post more examples over the next few weeks.
Fri, 14/03/2008 - 15:07 - permalink
In protest against the war on Iraq, Hungarian peace activists set up a website that enabled them to plan a complex mass action.
Individual protestors could sign up to the website, pledging to bring a candle and stand in a spot of their choosing. Over time, the available spaces filled up, and by the day of the action there were enough people to form a peace symbol.
This is a great example of using web technologies to achieve action in the real world. The iconic image was spread across the Hungarian newspapers and syndicated globally.
Fri, 14/03/2008 - 13:43 - permalink
For a living, I help not-for-profits use web technologies to have a bigger impact. This blog is for sharing some of the ideas I come across.